State revokes, suspends licenses, certifications, registrations of health care providers

For immediate release: November 29, 2018  (18-165)

Contact:  Sharon Moysiuk, Strategic Communications Office  360-549-6471
Public inquiries: Health Systems Customer Service  360-236-4700

State revokes, suspends licenses, certifications, registrations of health care providers

OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Health has revoked or suspended the licenses, certifications, or registrations of health care providers in our state. The department has also immediately suspended the credentials of people who have been prohibited from practicing in other states.

The department’s Health Systems Quality Assurance Division works with boards, commissions and advisory committees to set licensing standards for more than 80 health care professions (e.g., medical doctors, nurses, counselors).

Information about health care providers is on the agency’s website. Click on “Look up a health care provider license” in the “How Do I?” section of the Department of Health home page (doh.wa.gov). The site includes information about a health care provider’s license status, the expiration and renewal date of their credential, disciplinary actions and copies of legal documents issued after July 1998. This information is also available by calling 360-236-4700. Consumers who think a health care provider acted unprofessionally are also encouraged to call and report their complaint.

King County

In November 2018 the Dental Quality Assurance Commission suspended for at least five years the dentist credential of George M. Davis (DE00005788). A Department of Health investigator who conducted an infection control inspection on Davis’s dental practice found about six infection control failures, including no evidence of spore testing since January 1998. In addition to infection control issues, the investigator observed general health and safety concerns in most areas of the dental office. Davis was also not adequately prepared to administer basic life support, if needed.

In November 2018 the Nursing Assistant Program charged certified nursing assistant Kevin Karimi Wairimu (NC60648938) with unprofessional conduct and immediately suspended his credential. The state Department of Social and Health Services found that Wairimu neglected a vulnerable adult. Wairimu can’t be employed in caring for or having unsupervised access to vulnerable adults.

Kittitas County

In August 2018 the Massage Program indefinitely suspended the massage therapist credential of Lysa Rae Hulderson (MA60658256), who first didn’t comply with a substance abuse monitoring contract and then refused to sign another contract.

Pierce County

In November 2018 the secretary of health indefinitely suspended the registered nursing assistant credential of Fitisemanu S. Lotovaivai (NA60657090). The state Department of Social and Health Services found that Lotovaivai improperly restrained a vulnerable adult in her care. She can’t be employed in caring for or having unsupervised access to vulnerable adults.

In November 2018 the Nursing Commission indefinitely suspended the licensed practical nurse credential of David S. Yearwood (LP00051854). Yearwood gave a patient medication contrary to orders.

In November 2018 the Nursing Commission indefinitely suspended the registered nurse credential of Susan Marie Inglis (RN00041992). Inglis’s credential expired in 2013. She continued to practice without an active license until 2018, when she applied to reactivate her license.

In November 2018 the secretary of health indefinitely suspended the chemical dependency professional trainee and agency-affiliated counselor credentials of Tarae Tardy (CO60732211, CG60779627), who didn’t comply with a substance abuse monitoring contract.

Skagit County

In November 2018 the Nursing Assistant Program charged registered nursing assistant Kimberly Ann Stavig (NA00125326) with unprofessional conduct and immediately suspended her credential. Charges say that for about a year and a half while she provided in-home care, Stavig took and used a client’s money without permission. She allegedly made wire transfers totaling more than $40,000, bought two mattresses and a wine cooler, and purchased skin care services for about $1,200. In 2018 Stavig was charged with one count of first-degree theft, two counts of second-degree theft, and one count of second-degree theft from a vulnerable adult. The state Department of Social and Health Services found that Stavig financially exploited a vulnerable adult, thereby prohibiting her from being employed in caring for or having unsupervised access to vulnerable adults.

Snohomish County

In October 2018 the Medical Commission modified an order under which physician Donald S. Dillinger (MD00017867) surrendered his credential with no right to reapply. Dillinger’s chronic pain management for multiple patients didn’t consistently comply with rules or meet the standard of care.